Can closure and spout.



No. 764,566. PATENTED JULY 12, 1904. J. M. EDWARDS. CAN CLOSURE ANDSPOUT.

nruoyfimn FILED 00m. 5, 1903.

H0 MODEL.

Qvi human 7 I UNITED STATES Patented July 12, 1904.

PATENT OFFIQE.

CAN CLOSURE AND SPOUT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 764:,566, dated July12, 1904.

Application filed October 5, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that], JAMES M. EDWARDS, of Morris Park, in the county ofQueens and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Can Closures and Spouts; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved combined canclosure and spout whose construction will not add to the cost, labor, ortime required in the manufacture of the article, which in its closedcondition will effectively hermetically seal the contents, and which maybe readily opened to form a convenient spout through which to empty thecontents.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows the blank forming thecan-body and the closure and spent. Fig. 2 shows the spout opened. Fig.3 shows the spout closed. Fig. i is a section on line 4: 4:, Fig. 2.Fig. 5 shows all the parts.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a can-body provided at its upperedge with a tang or extension 2, constituting the combined spout andclosure, and having two side wings 3, bent downwardly therefrom andterminating in two outwardly-turned side flanges 4. 1n the manufacturethe said can-body 1 and the tang E2,with its side wings and flanges, mayall be made out of a single piece of sheet metal and in one operation ofthe stamping-machine, which latter may be so arranged that the tang 2 atthe same time it is being stamped out may also be scored or impressedalong the proper lines between the several component parts, so that suchpartsnamely, the side wings 3 and flanges 4-may then be readily bent byhand to the proper angular shape.

The top 5 of the can is provided with an edge opening or cut-awayportion 6, adapted to receive the tang 2 when the latter is bentinwardly to form a closure, as shown in Fig. 3, in which operation theside wall or body Serial No. 175,820. (No model.)

of the can serves as a stop for flanges i and insures the tang lying inthe plane of the top. The tang is preferably bent inwardly before thetop is attached to th'ebody, the top being placed over said tang, sothat the sides of its opening will form stops for flanges 4 to limit theoutwardly-swinging movement of the tang when the latter is intended tobe used as a spout. To seal the joint, I preferably employ a soft-solderribbon 7, forming a ripseam. soft-solder ribbon is ripped off and thetang 2 bent outwardly into the position shownin Fig. 2, the movementthereof being limited, as described. Then the tang forms a convenientspout through which the contents of the can may be poured.

It to be noted that the body of the can may be formed, with its combinedclosure and spent, in practically one operation and out of a singlepiece of sheet metal, that all fit ting together of the parts isavoided, as would not be the case if the tang 2 and the body were formedas separate parts, and that the tang for its formation takes very littlemore metal than the ordinary can, because the opening 6 not only savesthatmueh metal from being used in the construction of the can-top, butsuch opening provides means whereby the can may be filled while the tangis in the open or spout position, thereby avoiding the necessity ofemploying a cap to close the opening left in the ordinary can head forthe introduction of the contents.

1 claim as my invention 1. As an article of manufacture, a can having anedge opening in its top, and an integral member on the side wall or bodyof such can forming a spent for such opening and capable of being turnedto constitute a closure therefor, such member having stops de signed tocontact with the sides of the open ing when forming a spout, and tocontact with said wall or body when closing the opening.

2. A can-body having at one of its edges an integral tang formed withside wings and WVhen it is desired to open the can, the

flanges at the tree edges of such Wings, a top specification in thepresence of two subscribseeui'ed to the body and formed W1th an edge lngWitnesses. opening designed to receive such tang and with Whose Wallssuch flanges are designed to con- JAMES EDVVARDS' 5 tact, and adetachable sealing medium between Witnesses:

the tang and top. GRAFTON L. MGGILL,

In testimony whereof I have signed this FREDERICK S. STITT.

